Cake-depositing machine.



I No. 827,306.

I PATENTEDIJULY'QL'IQOG. B. HE IssB. CAKE DEPOSITING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOIVI FILED SEPT. 8,1905. 7 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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"PATENTBD JULY 31, 1906.

v No. 827,306.

PATENTBD JULY 31, 1906. 5. HERISSB. CAKE DEPOSITING MACHINE.

APPLIGATIOY FILED SEPT. 8, 1905.

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dllczucu 1 (Livy? 7/ 0H To all whom/ it may concern:

' g STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMI E EiussE, or INEW YVIORK, N. Y.', Assienon TO CHARLES oss a. j

1 SON coiylr my', OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ECAKEj-DEPOSITING IVVIACHIINE.

' katenteu July a1, 1906.

Application filed September 8,1205. Serial No. 27'7,624=.

Be it known that I, EMILE Hfimssii, a citizen' of the United States, residing in the br-' ough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and

State of New York,.havesi nve11ted certain new and useful- Improyements in Cake-Depositing Machines,?of the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to the class of machines employed for depositing at the same time'a plurality of. cakes from dough forced by pressure from a dough box or receptacle and'to give 'to the cake the-desired form or shape; and the; present invention includes novel features inthe lgeneral construction of the machine, a nove automatic cutoff for the dough, anda'novel-form of rotating nozzle for giving a spiral or twistedzform to the cake.

-In the accompanyin serve to illustratean em odiment of the in-I vention, Figure lis a front elevation of the machine, and Fig. 2 .a side elevation of the same as seen from the right in Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a vertical axial section ofthe upper art of the machine on a larger scale t an igs. 1

nd 2. Figs. land .5 are illustrative detail views showing the o eration 'of the belts. Fig. 6 isa plan, and ig. 7a front elevation,

illustrating the mechanism for driving when', rotating droppin -noz zles are employed. Fig. 8 is. a vertica section of the up erpart of the machine, the sectional planeeing at right angles tothat. of Fig. 3.3 Thisview' 3'5 tomatic cut-offs.

shows stationary nozzles provided with aushowing the gearing for rotating the nozzles.

Fig. 10 is asectional yiew" showi n'g saicl nozzles in elevation. Fi .11 is an under side plan view of the die-p ate and rotativenozzles. Figs. 12 13, and 14 are detail views,

.011 a larger scale, illustrating the rotative no zthat maybe made by the machine.

It may be explained before describing the structure of the machine that by changin thedie-plate'and nozzles at' the bottom 0 the dough-box the machine is capable of producing cakes of two types-namely, a plaincake or macaroon and 'a twisted ors iral i form of cake, produced by rotatipno the drawings which" Fig. 8 is. a sectional de-' lather tail. Fig.9 ,is a section similar to ;Fig. 3, but

which the uprig nozzle. Varieties of these typesmay also be I I produced. 7

, The eneral construction Willnow' bede f scribed y reference especially to -Figs. 1 to 8'. 1 designates the main frame, having in it a fixed transverse bar 2 and-having fixed in it also, above said bar, thedough-b0'x'3, which v will usually be rectangular. In the bottom of the dough-box, .Fig. '3, ismounted removabl a die-plate 4, havin in it a pluralit of mo ding or shaping nozz es 5 for the ca es. 6 5

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the machine is shown as adapted for. molding plain circular cakes, and this willserve for illustrating the main operative features of the machine" whether the cakes to be produced aresimple or fancy. 7o 1 I Mounted on the side'of the dough-box 3 or on the adjacent frame, Fig. 3, isastud-joun nal- 6, on-which rotate three pulleys 7, 8; and 9; I These (.pfulleys may be cast in one piece. They are by a belt. 10' on the pulley 7. On the pulle 8 Y is a cross-belt 11, which takes over a pul ey 12, rotating on a stud-'ournal in the frame" "below. This pulley 12 1s connec'tedto .or integral witha similar pulley 13, over which and the; pulley 9 above passes a belt'14. This belt passes also (see Figs. 1 and 8) over two guidepulley s.15, situated at either-side of the pulley 9 and about on the same level.

.The belts-11 and Mare rather loose'slipbelts, the cross-belt being "a little the tighter of the two. Obviously this is essential, as

one of them is a cross-belt Referring par-' ticularlyto Figs. 6 and 8, which are on a arge scale, 16 desi nates two rods o slidable u and down' in earings in the 'frame, an 17 is a transverse bar connecting;

these arms below, while 18 is a similar bar connecting them above. In a boss 19 at the center of the bar 17 is an'internal screw- 5 thread, throu h which screws an upright sleeve 20, whic is also screw-threaded internally, and to thissleeve is fixed a lever 21, by

t-sleeve may be turned part We. round. hand-wheel 23 at its-lower end, extends up through a nut 24 in the bar 2 and is collared at 25 ma frame 26, which may slide up" and v down in g'uides 27 in the "main frame. This .sliding frame carries a horizontally-slidable 1o 5 v I tray or cake-table 28, which will be more minutely described hereinafter. In the center ofthebar l8 is a boss 29, in which is jour-- iven from any source of power 75 screw. 22, provided with a r00 naled the sleeve-like boss (see Fig. 8) of'a friction-wheel 31 which is collared in its bearing above by a set-collar 32. A11 upright screw 33 screws through the boss 30 of 5 the wheel 31 and to the lower end of this screw is secured the pressure-plate or follower 34, which fits in the dough-box and presses out the dough from same. It will be noted that normally the rim of the wheel 31, which is flat on the under side,

, occupies a osition a little above the belt 14, I where the l dtter passes horizontally over the pulley 9 ,.and that the lever 21, Fig. 8, is at the right-hand side. Now by swinging said lever out to the front the sleeve 20 by its rotation within the nut-boss 19 and on the screw 22, which latter does not then rotate, the bar 17, rods 16, bar 18, and wheel 31 are drawn down until the rim of the latter bears frictionally.

on the belt 14 and presses the belt forcibly into contact with the rim of the rotating pulley 9. The belt 14 now rotates the wheel 31,

and as the latter is collared in the bar 18 and the screw 33 cannot turn the said screw and S down and the dough forced out from the dough-box through the cake-nozzles 5; but i the extent of downward movement of the follower at each operation is limited by means now to be described with especial reference to Figs. 4 and 5; On thebelt 14 are secured at (points desired a sto block or blocks 35, an

as the belt travels a ong eventually when thefollower shall have descended far enough to force out the proper amount of dough for one set or batch of cakes the block will reach the point seen in Fig. 4 and cannot pass between the belt and the wheel 31. Hence the belt and wheel will cease moving. The operator now swings the lever-21 back to its normal position, and thus elevates the wheel 31 ag in to the position seen in Fig. 5, the follower also being lifted to the same extent. Now the belt 14 is quite loose, and as the cross-belt 11 is the tighter it will drive the lower idler-pulleys 12 and 13 in a direction to cause the latter to run the belt 14 back until a block 35 thereon comes to the position seen in Fig. 5, when the belt 14 can move no farther in that direction. There may be two blocks 35 on the belt 14one to stop the rotation of the wheel 31 and the other to arrest the movement backward of the belt at the proper point. These blocks may be set at any points onthe belt desired, so as to cause the follower 34 to descend to a greater or lesser extent to suit the size of the cakes being dropped or formed.

The cake-table 28 and its appurtenances will now be described. This table may be a simple horizontal board secured to runners 28", beveled or inclined on their lower bearing edges, as seen inFig. 3, and resting on similar inclined bearings or ways formed on the frame 26, so that when the table is drawn the follower 34, secured to it, are driven I out by the operator or attendant it will fall I away from the nozzles 5. Before drawing out the table, however, the dough is out free from the nozzles, and in the use of the simple form of cake-nozzles employed in the form above described this is effected by the following-described means: A cutting-frame 36 is I mounted to slide horizontallyin the frame 26, and this cutting-frame has cross-wires 37, one for each row of cake-nozzles the wires being so disposed as to play when the frame 36 is drawn out across the discharging ends of the nozzles. The cutting-frame has a handle 38 to draw it out by and stops 39 (seen in Fig. 2) to engage a fixed part of the main frame and limit the movement in both directions. It has a connecting-bar 40 also, and this bar may be so disposed as to impinge on the inner end of the cake-table and start the latter out when the cutting-frame is operated. As the use of wires like wires 37 is not new in cutting off soft molded substances, these latter have not been illustrated in detail herein.

Each time the machine is operated as 5 above described the follower will be advanced to a predetermined extent, and finally by repeated operations it will reach the bottom of the dough-box and force out all of the dough. To prevent the follower from de- 5 scending too far, however, there is a stop-col lar 41 on the upper part of the followerscrew 33.

The follower may be run back by rotating the-wheel 31, and when it is raised out of the dough-box the latter may be filled by swinging aside all the parts carried by the bar 18 that is, the follower and its screw and the wheel 31. This is permitted by making the bar turn on one of the upright rods 16 (that one at the left, as seen in Fig. 1) and having an open bearing 42 (seen at the rightin Fig. 6) at its other end to engage the other rod 16. The bar 18 is embraced by collars 43 on the rods and may have a handle 18 and a locking-pin 44.

By holding fast the lever 21 and operating with the hand-wheel 23 the screw 22 may be employed to adjust the frame 26 up or down to suit the kind of cake-nozzles to be employed.

To im art to the cake formed a spiral or twisted ormsucl1,forexample, as that seen in Fig. 16the nozzles are slowlyrotated part way round as the cakes are being dropped, and an automatic cut-oil for the dough is employed. This form of nozzle and its operative mechanism will now be described with especial reference to Figs. 6 to 14. The rota- 13, and 14. The die-plate forming the bottom of the dough-box is composed of the main upper plate 4 and a lower late 4". in which are rotatively mounted t 10 upright tubular bodies of the nozzles 5. On this I tive nozzle 5 is clearly illustrated in Figs. 12, r

- in the axis of said tubular b yi's a Icone47, which projects below the edge of the body body is'secureda gearwheel45, and at its" lower end said bod has notches or recesses 4601? any desired orm. --Sus ended'rigidly and'up'through said cone, and its support 1s w an air-passa e 48,. Toim art a slow-partial av bracket 49, havin in it an elongated bear- .the rim 0 depressed, and at its lower end a worm or screw 52, which gears with a worm-wheel 53 ona cross-shaft 54, extending across under the dough-box. The shaft 54 has bearin s "on the saidbox and carries bevelgear-whee s- "'55, which gear with similarwheels-56, that ing for an upright s aft 50. This shaft carries at its upper end a small friction-wheel 51 in such a ositionas to bear frictionally on 1 the wheelj31 when the latter is have rotative hearings on studs in the main die-plate 4"]. and integral with the respective wheels 56 are spur-wheels 57, which are intermediate and gear with the s ur-wheels 45. on the rows of nozzles 5 on.e1ther side" of the shaft 54. Thereare similar intermediate spur-wheels .57 between the other spurwheels .45, one ofsaid wheels 57 being shown 'inFig. 14. In'Fig. 11 these inter- I .mediate wheels-are indicatedby dotted circles, being behind the plate 4". By means rotary motion is simultaneof t'his gearin i to all of the nozzles-from the ously imparte shaft '54. In Fig. 11 thirty nozzles are ,device forms a limiting-stop. thissupporting and stop .devl cc of insec t1on.

shown. In order to throw the wheel51 out of gear and use the nozzles without rotation as, for example, to'produce a cake like that seen in Fig.'17the racket 49 may be turned about its securing a'xis'or pivot 58 to the osition seen in dotted lines in Fi ,7.

bracket-plate has init a' semicircul' r slot 59,

with which engages a fixed'stud 60. This Fi 9 shows the bracket The automatic cut-0H device fortthe dough at each nozzle 5 will now be explained with especial reference to Figs, 8, 11., 1,2, 13, and 14. Embracing slidably the lower or delivery end of the tubular nozzle 5 is a tubular fss 'cut-ofi 61,and these several cut-offs are connected in a row of nozzles'by a yoke 62. The put-ofls'may be pressed or moved down untll their lower ends are coincident with the bases of the cones 47 of the nozzles 5*, 'asseen in Fig. 14, b springs 63, disposed between the I plate 4 a ove and the yokes 62 below, and

when so'moved down they cut off the dough emerging from the nozzle about the cone 47 -and under the" notched ed e of the nozzle. In the operation of the device the attendant moves upward the cake-table 28 by meansofthe screw 22, and thisplate impinges on pendent studs 64 onthe yoke 62 and presses upward the cut-offs 61, com ressing "the springs 63, as seen'in Fig. 12. he dough-is now free to flow out, and when thed'e'scent of the follower 34 is arrested the attendant lowers th'e'eake-table again and permits the cutoffs 61 to'act and out off the dou h. Fi 15 is a sectional view designed mere to i1 ustrate I theapplicationof .this form ,of tout-off to a nozzle 5 which is 'non-rotative, but in other respects substantially shown in Figs.'12 and 14.

J15; the same as that ,7

Ob. 'iously many forms. of nozzles. may beused with a machine of thls general construction. and in some'ofthe views a plain ordinary nozzle 5 is shown Fig. 3, for example. capable of producing a plain cake; but the;

nozzle herein claimed specifically is the ro-v 'tary nozzle; 1 i I j One feature in the o eration of this invention may be explained The sleeve 20 may be made to fit soisnugly on the screw 22 that the latter can be'turned for lowerin or raising the cake-table by means of the ever 2]; This is a matter of manipulation, and in the operation of the machine the screw 22 may be allowed to rotate or be held against rotation by the wheel 23 sion may require.

The follower 34 fits rather snugly in the dough box or receptacle, and by lifting said follower after each cake-depositing operation suction is produced in the dou h-receptacle. This is very important, es eciall y when work.- ing with rather thin doug as it revents the doughfrom flowing out throng the nozzle by avity or from'residual elastic pressure ated, and in .so .doing. it eflect's'not on ya clean and permanent cut-off, but secures absolute uniformity inthe weight or bulk of the cakes produced.-- l This machine has been describedas employed for dropping cakes from dough, but.

ItS USB is not limited in any res ect' to this. It may be used formaking artic es from any plastic material.

Having thus claimg 1 Amachine for-the purpose s ecified, hav- 3 1 5 I ing a dough-receptacle I provide with a cake nozzle or nozzles, a follower to force the dough from said receptacle'through said nozzles, a

described my invention, I

l 0 or otherwlse, as oecaj in the mass after the dough cut-ofi has 0 er- I screw-stem on said follower for advancing the latter, a rotatable sleeve-nut on said screw stem, a movable frame in which said nut is I rotatably collared, means for rotating said nut, and-means for putting said nut into operative relations with its rotating means through the movement of the frame in which the nut isc-ollared.

2: Amachineforthepurposespecified,hav-

ing a main frame, adough-receptacle mounted in the same and provlded with a cake noz- 'zle or nozzles, a follower to force out the dough 1 o from' the receptaclethrough said nozzles saidfollower being provided with a screwand putting the f ing a main frame, a dough-receptaolemounta means for operating said sliding frame, said v to one side together with the .5

'said sleeve 20," as set fort 5. A machine for-the purpose specified, hav-- stem for-advancing the follower, a frictionwheel having a sleeve-nut whichscrews onto said stem, a movable frame in which said sleeve-nut is rotatively' collared, a moving belt for driving saidv friction-wheel, an

bar 18 through which said screw-stem passes,

and a sleeve-nut on the stem and collared rotatively in the said bar 18,. said bar being hinged at one end so that it maybe swung out I follower and other parts it carries.

' 4. A machine for the purpose specified, haved in saidframe, a sliding frame mountedin the main frame, a screw-operated follower carried by said sliding frame. and adapted to press the dough from thedough-receptacle,

means comprising a nut 24in themain frame, a screw 22 which sorewsthrough sa1d-nut,.a screw-sleeve 20 on the screw, and screwing through a threaded boss on the said. slidingframe, and an operatini lever 21,- fixed to ing a main frame, a dough-rece taole mount 7 ed in said frame and rovide with a cakefnozzle or nozzles, a fol ower, provided with a; screw-stem, for pressin the dough from said said nozzles, and;

receptacle and throng means for advancing said follower step by step, said means comprising a friction-wheel 31, provided with a sleeve-nut 30 on said screw-stem .and collared against endwise movement, a driving-pulley 7, provided with auxiliary pulleys 8 and- 9, connected idlerpulleys 12 and 13, a sli cross-belt 11 on-the pulleys 8 and 12,51 slipelt 1.4 on thepulleys 9 and 13, blocks 35 on the belt 14 to serve as stop devices, and means 'forlpressing the friction-wheel 31 against the be 14, as set forth.

, 6. A machine for the purpose specified, having a main frame, a dough-rece taelemounted in said frame and provide with a cake nozzle or nozzles,a follower, rovided with a screw-stem, for ressing the ough from said receptacle out 311011 h said nozzles, means for advancing said fol ower, means for receiving and, removing the cakes dropped from the nozzles, .said means comprislng 'a sliding frame 26, a cake-table 28 mounted slidably mounted in said frame, a rotata prising on inclined ways thereon, and means-for cutting the dough from the nozzles, and means for adjusting or moving said frame 26 in the fixed frame, said means com rising the screw 22, collared in said frame an playing through a nut in the main frame, and the sald nut.

7. A machine for the purpose specified, havmg a main frame, a dough-rece tacle mounted in said frame and rovide with a cake nozzle or nozzles, a fol ower, rovided with a screw-stem, for pressing the ough out from said receptacle through said nozzles, a friction-wheel nut throug which the stem of the follower screws, means for driving said friction-wheel, consistin of themain' pulley 7, means for drivingt e same in one direction, the connected idler-pulleys-12 and 13, the pulleys 8 and 9, both connected with and rotating with the pulley 7-, the slip cross-belt 1 1 on the pulleys 8 and 12, the s li -belt 14 on the uleys 9 and 13, and stoplocks 35 on the elt 14, and means for moving the rim of the friction-wheel into and out of contact with'the moving belt Id at the point where it passes over the pulley 9, substantially as set forth.

8. A machine for the purpose specified, having a main frame, a dough-receptacle mount- 1 ed in'said frame, a rotatable cake nozzle or: nozzles mounted in said receptacle, a follower which forces the dough from the receptacle through said nozzle or nozzles, means for advancing said follower, and means for rotat- '1ng said nozzle or nozzles, simultaneousl I with the operative movement of thefollower.

Iprovided with a collared sleeve- 9. A machine for the purposespeo'ified, havinga main frame, a dough-receptacle mount- 1 edin said frame, a rotatable cake nozzle or nozzles mounted in said receptacle, a follower which forcesrthe dough from the receptaole through said nozzle or nozzles, means for. advancing said follower, means for rotatin said nozzle or nozzles simultaneously wit the operative movement of the follower, means for receiving the cakes as dropped andmeans'for cutting the dough from the nozzles;

.10. A machine for the purpose specified, having a main .frame, a dough-receptacle 1e cake nozzle or nozzles mounted in said follower which forces the dough om the receptacle. through said nozzle or nozzles, means .for 'advancin said follower, means for cutting the doug from the nozzles, and v rece taole, a

means for rotating the nozzles simultaneously with each other and with the operative movement of the follower, said means com- I ear-wheels connecting the noz les, an uprig t shaft 50, a worm 52 on said sl aft, a cross-shaft 5 4under the dou h-rece tacle, a worm-wheel 53 onthe cross-shaft and gearing with the worm 52, means for simultaneously operating the follower and rotating the shaft 50, and gearing between the cross-shaft nozzle.

54 and the "nozzle-gears for imparting the motion of the cross-shaft to the nozzles. l

1 1. In a machine for the pur ose specified, the combination with a doug -receptacle, and means for forcing the dough therefrom, of a. nozzle mounted in the bottom of said receptacle, said nozzle consisting of a tubular body with notches or recesses 46 in its lower edge for the delivery of the dough, and a fixed dough-receptacle, of a cut-off-for the dough,

comprising a slidin tube 61 on each nozzle,

a -spring behind sai tube, a yoke connecting the sli ing tubeson adjacent nozzles, and a stud 64 onthesaid yoke adapted to beim-v pinged uponby the cake-table for retracting I the cut-off tubes.

I the latter.

13. A machine for the purpose specified, having a .main frame, "a dough-receptacle mounted in said frame, a follower-for forcing the dough from the receptacle,rotary nozzles in the bottom of said rece tacle, a

bracket 49 pivotall mounted on t e side of the dough-receptac e," an upright shaft 50 rotatively mounted in'said bracket, means for advancing the follower and simultaneously rotating the shaft 50, and mechanism. be.- tween said shaft and the nozzles for driving 14. In a machine for the purpose specified,

the combination with a fixed frame, a doughreceptacle mounted therein, and means for notches in its lower edge to provide passages for the dough, and a fixed cone mounted insaid tubular body, means for-rotating said nozzles and for advancing the follower, simultaneously, a movable cake-platform,

' means'ifor moving the same, and a cut-off device for the dough, consisting of a sliding tube on the body of each nozzle, a spring behind each of said tubes, and a yoke connecting adjacent cut-off tubes, said'yoke being forcing the dough therefrom, of a plurality 'Ofrotatively-mounted c ak'e-nozzles in ethe bottom of said receptacle, each of said nozzles consistingof a tubularbody with provided with a pendent stud for the cake- I table to impinge upon.

15. In a machine for the purpose specified,

'the combination with the main frame, a receptacle for the plastic mass, mounted therein, and a follower which fits therein, of means for advancing the follower step by step to a predetermined distance at each step, and means for retracting the follower to the eX- .tent of one step after each advance, said means comprising a screw coupled to the follower for advancing it, a slidin frame provided. with a nut through whic said screw asses, the driving device, comprising the iction-Wheel and rollers, and a lever and screw device adapted to move said sliding frame in both directions to a predetermined extent, thereby operating the-follower and its operating-screw.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my'name, this 6th.day of September, 1905,

in the presence of two subscri ing witnesses.

EMILE HERISSE.

Witnesses:- I

HENRY Oonnn'rr, WILLIAM J. FIRTH. 

